Flying-machine.



G. ANDERSON FLYING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, I918.

"1520,6 27. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

5] nvemtoz Gustaf finderson, as I 3 7 I 2 l c GUSTAF ANDERSON, OF YORK, N. Y.

Y FLYING-MACHINE.

Application filed July 2, 1918. Serial No. 242,979.

tion, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which"'it 'appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to flying machines of various kinds and classes and particularly to what are known as monoplanes, biplanes and hydroplanes; and the object thereof is to provide means whereby in the event of the breaking down of the motor or said motor or the machine becoming inoperative at any time, the operator of the machine may be enabled to control the same and to descend to the ground with safety; a further object being to provide a machine of the class specified with a motor or power medium which is so mounted that if at any time said m0t*O1"; OI power -1nedium break 'down or cease to operate or become inoperative for any reason, said motor orpower medium may be detached from the machine by the operator and dropped independent of said machine; and :with these and other objects in view the invention consists in the v 'constructlon, combinatlon and arrangement of parts hereinafter'descri'bed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed-in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated bysuitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sec= tional view ofthefront end portion of an aeroplane of the biplane type showing my improvement connected therewith and indicating the operation thereof; and,

Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. I

n the drawing I have shown at 10 the body or framework of a biplane having top and bottom front planes 11 and 12 connected by a front transverse framework 13 in the usual or any desired manner.

A motor 14 is mounted between the front member 15 and back -member 16 of the framework 13, the front end of the motor being provided with a forwardly directed portion 17 adapted to enter a recess 18 in the member 15, and the rear end of the mo- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 191s.

tor is recessed as shown at 19 said recess being adapted to receive a transverse part 20 of a supporting bracket 21. The supporting bracket 21 is also provided with another transverse portion 22 which is arranged backwardly of and beneath the transverse part 20, and which is connected with the part 20 by side members 23, one of which is shown iii-Fig. 1, the side members .23 are pivoted to the back member 16 of the framework 13 as shownat 24.

The motor 14 is provided with a forwardly directed motor shaft 25 on which is mounted theusual propeller'26, and the shaft 25 and propeller 26 is connected with the crank shaft of the motor by a coupling 27 of any kind or class whereby, when the motor is released as hereinafter described, the same will be free from the shaft 25 and propeller 26 through the coupling 27.

Pivotedto the top of the back member 16 of the framework 13 at28 is a stability device 29, comprising an arm 30, the inner end of which is provided with an approximately arc-shaped segment 31, the face of which is shown at 32,*and the free end of the-arm 30 is provided with oppositely directed horizontal blades 33 and oppositely directed vertical blades 34 which form a substantially X-shaped body.

Secured to the. arm 30 is'a rope" or cable 36 which is passed over the segment 31 and through the .groove 32 thereof downwardly being connected with the motoras shown at 39, while the lower end of said spring is detachably connected with the-back member 16 of the framework 13 as shown at .40.

Secured to the main body or framework 10 of the machine at the opposite sides thereof are keepers 41 to which is pivoted ayoke-shaped lock device 42, comprising a back cross head portion 43 having forwardly directed side-fingers 44 through which pivot pins 45 are passed, and these fingers 44 are adapted to bear on the rear end portion of the transverse member 22 of the bracket 21, as clearly shownin Fig. 2. The lock device 42, or the back member 43 thereof is provided centrally with an upwardlyv directed lever 46 which may be grasped by the hand to move the lock device into operative or inoperative positions, and this may also be accomplished by operating the cross head 43 of the device 42 by the feet of the operator, and spiral springs 47 are connected with the fingers 44 and with the back member 16 of the frame 13 and serve to hold said fingers normally in their depressed or operative position, in which position said fingers bear on the rearwardly directed portions 48 of T-shaped strips 49 secured to the back member 16 of the frame below the transverse member 22 of the bracket 21, and the upwardly directed portions 50 of said strips serve to hold the transverse member 22 against forward movement when the parts are in their operative position as shown in %n the use of my invention the motor is placed in the framework 13 and supported therein by the bracket 21 which is held in proper position by the lock device 42, and the upwardly directed portions 50 on the strips 49 and thestabilitv device 29 is normally held in approximately horizontal position as shown in full lines in Fig. 1 with the rope or cable 36 connected therewith and with the upper end of the spiral spring 37, which is held under tension in engagement with the motor 14, or a part thereof, and aside from the foregoing the rest of the machine will be constructed in the usual or any desired manner, and the operation of, or the means for operating or controlling the use of the machine will be of the usual or any desired form, suitable means being employed for holding the motor against upward movement, and if at any time the motor or power medium of the machine should stop or become inoperative, all that is neces sary to do will be for the operator to grasp the. lever 46 by hand and move it backwardly to release the fin ers 44 from the transverse member 22, WlllCh operation will release the transverse member 20 from the recess 19. in the motor and permit the motor 14 to drop from the machine, in which operation the spring 37 is released from its engagement with the motor and the tension thereof will move the stability device 29 upwardly into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and this device when in the position shown in dotted lines in said figure will serve to right the machine, or permit of the operator biplaning or otherwise bringing his machine to a safe or desirable landing.

As hereinbefore stated, it will be understood that the motor 14 may be released from the machine and the stability device 29 moved into its operative position by depressin the cross head 43 of the lock device 42 by the feet, or one foot of the operator, and while I have shown certain details of construction for carrying my invention into effect, it will be understood that my invention is not limited to such details and various changes therein and modifications thereof will be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a flying machine having a quickly detachable power medium of a stability device pivoted to the top central portion of the machine and normally held in an approximately horizontal position, and means operated by the releasing of the power medium for moving said device into a vertical position.

2. The combination with a flying machine having a motor and means for releasing the motor from the machine, of a stability device pivoted to the central portion of the machine and normally held in an inoperative position, and means operated by the releasing of the motor for moving said device into an operative position.

3. In a flying machine of the class described, a motor, means for detachably mounting said motor in the framework of the machine, a stability device pivoted to the framework of the machine and normally held in a plane approximately parallel to the body of the machine, and means for moving said device into operative position in the operation of detaching the motor from the framework of the machine.

4. In a flying machine of the class described, a motor, means for detachably mounting said motor in the framework of the machine, said means comprising a bracket and a manually controlled look device in operative connection with said bracket, a stability device pivoted to the top central portion of the machine and normally held in a plane approximately parallel to thebody of the machine, a tensional device connected with the framework of the machine and in engagement with the motor,

GUSTAF ANDERSON.

.Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

